PhD can't now be endless research

 PhD scholars in the country cannot endlessly carry on elusive research without submitting their thesis for years. Taking a serious view of the decline in quality of PhD thesis and procrastination by research scholars in completing their work,

a University Grants Commission (UGC) expert committee has recommended that the duration for PhD programme be restricted to five years. The committee headed by former University of Madras Vice Chancellor S P Thyagarajan, who is himself a well-known scientific researcher, has also proposed restrictions on the number of scholars a research supervisor can guide at a given point of time. The UGC (Minimum Standards and Procedure for Award of MPhil/PhD Degrees) Regulations 2012, as and when notified, would supercede the UGC Regulations of 2009. As per the proposed new regulations, "MPhil programme shall be for a minimum duration of two consecutive semesters and a maximum of four consecutive semesters. PhD